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Albania Holocaust Memorial Honors Locals Who Protected Jews
(AP) Llazar Semini - Albania unveiled a Holocaust memorial in the capital Tirana last Thursday to honor the dead and the Albanians who protected Jews from the Nazis. Albanians protected their few hundred Jews, and helped other Jews who fled from Germany and Austria by either smuggling them abroad or hiding them. German forces occupied Albania from September 1943 until November 1944. Israeli Ambassador Noah Gal Gendler praised Albania's protection of Jews as "an excellent example from a small country which highlights the values of humanity, sacrifice and love."